Ruben Quesada

Ruben Quesada is a poet, translator, and editor. He edited the award-winning anthology Latinx Poetics. His writing appears in the Best American Poetry series, the New York Times Magazine, the Poetry Foundation, Orion Magazine, Harvard Review, the Believer, Essential Queer Voices of U.S. Poetry, and elsewhere. Ruben’s writing has been supported by grants and fellowships from CantoMundo, American Literary Translators Association, Santa Fe Arts Institute, Vermont Studio Center, the Jentel Foundation, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Illinois Arts Council. His new poetry collection, Brutal Companion, won the Barrow Street Editors Prize, and was recognized as A Notable Book of 2024 by the University of California.